Circle Limit III 1959

Here's a work by M.C. Escher, made with pen and ink, of mathematical shapes spreading out and reducing into the distance. Imagine Escher at his desk, carefully plotting each line and curve, patiently building this complex geometric world, almost like a collaboration with a computer before computers. It is a fine balance between precision and imagination, control and intuition, where rigid structures meet organic patterns. As the shapes shrink toward the edge, it looks like you're peering into infinity. You want to keep looking, even though it's giving you a headache. Escher’s experimentations with tessellations, perspective, and hyperbolic geometry created an obsessive body of work – and continue to inspire artists. This piece is not just a drawing, it is an invitation to contemplate the underlying structures of reality. It reminds us that art and math are not so far apart. They are just different ways of trying to understand the world.